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The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a
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and awards ceremony held annually in
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. It was founded in 1962 by the
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of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in
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, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times.


Overview

Since 1990 (the 27th awards ceremony), the festival and awards has been organized and funded by the Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C., which set up the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee. The Committee consists of nine to fifteen film scholars and film scholars on the executive board, which includes the Chairman and CEO. Under the Committee, there are five different departments: the administration department for internal administrative affairs, guest hospitality and cross-industry collaboration; the marketing department which is responsible for event planning and promotion, advertising and publications; the project promotion department attending to the execution of the project meetings; the competition department which is in charge of the competition and awards ceremony; and the festival department which is devoted to festival planning, curation of films and invitation of filmmakers, subtitle transition and production and all on-site arrangements during the festival. The awards ceremony is Taiwan’s equivalent to the
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. The awards are contested by
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submissions from Taiwan,
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,
mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
and elsewhere. It is one of the four major Chinese-language film awards, along with Hong Kong Film Award,
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and
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, also among the most prestigious and respected film awards in the Chinese-speaking film industry. It is also one of the major annual awards presented in Taiwan along with
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for television production and
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for music. The Golden Horse awards ceremony is held after a month-long festival showcasing some of the nominated feature films for the awards. A substantial number of the film winners in the history of the awards have been Hong Kong productions. The submission period is usually around July to August each year and nominations are announced around October with the ceremony held in November or December. Although it has been held once a year; however, it was stopped in 1964 and 1974 and boycotted in the after-ceremony in 2018. Winners are selected by a jury of judges and awarded a Golden Horse statuette during the broadcast ceremony.


History

In May 1962, the
Government Information Office The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media. History In April 1947, the ...
of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(ROC) enacted the "
Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
Film Award Regulation of Year 1962" to officially found the Golden Horse Awards. The name ''Golden Horse'' () is a common political term that originates from the islands of
Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
, Quemoy, or "the Golden Gate" ( ) and Matsu or "the Ancestral Horse"( ), which are under ROC control. The reasons were purely political, as these islands were ROC offshore islands that protected them from the mainland, and were heavily fortified during the
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. This was to imply the ROC's sovereignty over territories controlled by the
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The awards ceremony was established to boost the Chinese-language film industry and to award outstanding Chinese-language films and filmmakers. It is one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry in Asia. It has been helping the development of movies in Chinese as it provides great support and encouragement to the filmmakers. Moreover, it intends to introduce excellent films to Taiwanese audience from around the world to stimulate exchange of ideas and inspire creativity.


Entries and eligibility

The awards ceremony pays attention not only to commercial movies but also to artistic films and documentaries. There has been some criticism of this from those who believe that this will not help the Taiwanese commercial movie industry much. However, the awards ceremony plays a significant role in helping the movie industry and drawing more people’s attention to Chinese-language movies. Under current regulations, any film made primarily in the Chinese language is eligible for competition. Since 1996, a liberalization act allows for films from
mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
to enter the Awards. Several awards have been given to mainland Chinese artists and films, including
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's ''
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'' in 1996, Best Actor for
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in 1996,
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's '' Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl'' in 1999, Best Actress for
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in 2001 and
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's '' Kekexili: Mountain Patrol'' in 2004.


Awards ceremonies


Award categories


Current categories


Discontinued categories


Hosts

For the first fourteen award ceremonies, there were no regular hosts for the ceremony. Hosts began since the fifteenth ceremony; that year's hosts were
Ivy Ling Po Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po, is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960 ...
and Wang Hao. Since then, there are usually two hosts every year, sometimes with a combination of one host from Hong Kong and the other from Taiwan. A significant number of celebrities have hosted the ceremony, such as
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,
Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show '' Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently hol ...
,
Kevin Tsai Kevin Tsai (; born 1 March 1962) is a Taiwanese television host and writer. He co-hosts Chung T'ien Television's ''Kangsi Coming'' with hostess Dee Hsu. Early life Tsai was born to a wealthy family. His father was a well known lawyer and his f ...
and
Dee Hsu Dee Hsu (; born 14 June 1978), more commonly known as Xiǎo S or Little S (小S), is a Taiwanese television host, actress, and singer, also formerly a ballroom dancer. Hsu is well known for her quick-witted caustic humor. From 2004 to 2015, she co ...
. In 2012 (the 49th awards ceremony),
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and
Huang Bo Huang Bo (; born August 26, 1974) is a Chinese actor, film director, singer and the current vice-chairman of China Film Association. He is the winner of multiple Chinese film awards, and ranked 34th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 6 ...
were the hosts and Huang Bo became the first host from Mainland China in the history of the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.


Records

* In 1972, the legendary martial artist and actor
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won the Special Jury Award, ''Fist of Fury''. * Hong Kong actor
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has won the most Best Leading Actor awards. He won this award in the 31st, 40th and 44th awards ceremony with '' Chungking Express'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. He also holds the record for actor with most nominations in the Best Actor category with 7 times. * Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung won the most Best Leading Actress awards. She won this award in the 26th, 28th, 34th and 37th awards ceremony with ''
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'', '' Center Stage'', '' Comrades: Almost a Love Story'', and '' In the Mood for Love''. * In 2009, at the 46th awards ceremony, for the first time, two winners were jointly awarded Best Actor: Hong Kong actor
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and Chinese actor
Huang Bo Huang Bo (; born August 26, 1974) is a Chinese actor, film director, singer and the current vice-chairman of China Film Association. He is the winner of multiple Chinese film awards, and ranked 34th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 6 ...
. * In 2006, at the 43rd awards ceremony, 9-year-old actor
Ian Gouw Ian Gouw (, born April 9, 1997) is an actor, artist, and producer from Hong Kong. Career At the age of eight, Gouw was cast as a lead role in the film After This Our Exile, Fu zi (also known as "After This Our Exile"), directed by Patrick Tam. ...
was crowned Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''
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''. He became the youngest winner in the history of the awards. * Taiwanese actress
Loretta Yang Loretta Hui-shan Yang or Yang Hui-shan () is a Taiwanese film actress and contemporary glass artist. She is a two-time winner of the Best Leading Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards and winner of the Best Actress prize at the Asia-Pacific ...
was named Best Leading Actress in the 21st and 22nd awards ceremony. She is the first actress who won this award for two consecutive years. * Hong Kong actor
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took the Best Leading Actor award at the 29th and 30th awards ceremony. He is the first actor who won this award for two consecutive years. * Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong has won the most Best Supporting Actor awards. He won this award in the 39th, 40th and 42nd awards ceremony with the movies ''Xiang Fei'', ''
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'' and '' Initial D''. * Chinese actress Wang Lai has won the most Best Supporting Actress awards. She won this award in the 3rd, 18th, 25th and 28th awards ceremony with the movies, ''Ren Zhi Chu'', ''Xiao Hu Lu'', ''People Between Two China'', and ''
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''. * Chinese director and actress
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is the first person who won awards across two categories, the Best Director (in 1998 for ''Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl'') and the Best Leading Actress. Moreover, she was the first female to win this award. * In 2012, the 49th awards ceremony, Huang Bo became the first host from China. * Also in 2012, Hong Kong actor
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was nominated as the Best Actor for the movie ''
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'' and the Best Supporting Actor for the movie ''Diva''. He is the only person who is nominated in these two categories in the same year. * In 2015, Taiwanese actress
Karena Lam Karena Lam (; born 17 August 1978) is a Taiwanese Canadian actress and singer based in Hong Kong. In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in ''Zinnia Flower'', making her the first person ever to have won ...
became the first person to have won the triple acting awards: Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer. * In 2017, at age 14, Taiwanese actress
Vicky Chen Vicky Chen Wen-chi (; born 10 August 2003), better known by her stage name Wen Qi (), is a Taiwanese actress. The daughter of a Taiwanese businessman, Chen and her parents moved to Suzhou in 2007, where she spent most of her childhood. In 2017 ...
became the youngest person to have won the Best Supporting Actress award. She is also the only performer to have been nominated for two acting awards (Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress) for that year. *In 2020, at age 81 Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-fang became the first and oldest actress to win both Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year.


References


External links


Official website

Official website
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Golden Horse Film Festival
at the
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